A moderate lawmaker will face Iran supreme leader’s protege in a run-off presidential election on July 5 after the country’s interior ministry said on Saturday that no candidate secured enough votes in the first round of voting.
Friday’s vote to replace Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash came down to a tight race between a low-profile lawmaker Massoud Pezeshkian, the sole moderate in a field of four candidates, and former Revolutionary Guards member Saeed Jalili.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei votes in Tehran during presidential election.
A woman shows her inked finger after voting at the Iranian consulate in Najaf, Iraq.
A woman votes during Iranian presidential election.
Iranian women queue to vote in the capital.
Three other conservative candidates have backed Jalili but Pezeshkian’s biggest opponent may still be another record low turnout.
